We are going by you without fighting if you will let us, but we are going by you anyhow!
Interpretation
This quote expresses determination and the inevitability of progress despite resistance.
Chief Joseph's quote highlights the resolve to move forward, emphasizing that actions will be taken regardless of opposition. It reflects a deep-seated courage to advance towards goals and objectives, advocating for peaceful transition where possible, but acknowledging that change is unavoidable.
In practice
This quote can be used in a motivational speech about overcoming obstacles.
We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We may quarrel with men sometimes about things on this earth, but we never quarrel about the Great Spirit. We do not want to learn that.
Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think and act for myself β and I will obey every law or submit to the penalty.
It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike. give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow.
The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers.
Only one form of contagion travels faster than a virus. And that's fear.
I realize that men and women of the military go out and sacrifice their lives and put their selves in harm's way for my freedom of speech and my freedoms in this country, and my freedom to take a seat or take a knee, so I have the utmost respect for them, and I think what I did was taken out of context and spun a different way.
I was this kid, and I was scared to death of all these pros around me... My head would shake, and my hands would shake, and I discovered if I kept my head down and looked up, my head would not shake, so I started to do that when I could, when it was appropriate in a scene.
Any experienced player knows how a change in the character of the play influences your psychological mood.
I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.
Demonstrate to the world there is "No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy" than a U.S. Marine.
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